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(David Hall) wrote in message . com...

I also understand that there would be few affordable cars with airbags
if they were not required and that deployment of an airbag adds quite
a bit to smaller accident repair costs. On the other hand a $250 to
$500 Sawstop will pretty much eliminate the $200 tablesaw and it is
doubtful one could be put onto a cheap tabletop saw anyhow. How many
fewer people are simply not going to be able to realistically
participate in the hobby if something like this is mandated. I am not
sure that, even though I consider myself a conservative, I am ready to
eliminate all regulartory aspects of government - I just would want to
err on the side of "freedom" in this area.

Dave Hall

The other side effect to consider is that eliminating low end saws
will not eliminate the use of saws by users who would otherwise use
those low end saws. So the weekend warrier cannot get a table saw.
What does she do? Why, uses or mis-uses a hand held circular saw.
Which is more dangerous: Ripping a 2x4 down on a low end table saw or
trying to halfway hold it on a couple of saw horses or a work-mate
while forcing a circular saw into a bind?

My biggest gripe is that the SawStop folks are trying to get a
government mandated monopoly. If they were pushing for liability
reform to make it more feasible to get vendors to adopt the technology
that would be fine.

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